drivers - How to disable USB Mouse only

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2014-07
  • user2782324

    I was developing a device driver for a USB mouse which uses the USB HID driver. The problem is that I cannot test out my module as Linux takes over the mouse directly.

    So how do I find out which modules I should blacklist so that only the mouse is completely disabled and I can test out my module and see its working.

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  • Randy Orrison

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    The system was SP2, I have installed SP3 in hopes that would help, and I've also downloaded and installed the mouse drivers from Dell's site (there are no specific drivers for the keyboard), with no change.

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  • kinokijuf

    This often happens when the catalog cache is corrupted. Boot into safe mode and delete the %SystemRoot%\System32\catroot2 folder ( do not delete the "catroot" folder! only "catroot2"!).

  • qroberts

    This happens when you connect one USB device to a different USB port on your machine. If you want, you can try to plug the keyboard and mouse into their original USB ports which would bypass all of this mess.